George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) was a German-British baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Most music lovers have encountered George Frideric Handel ...

turning Dylan Thomas' poetry into oratorios on 1989's Words for the Dying, and blending hip-hop sensibilities with art-rock on 2012's Shifty Adventures in the Noodie Wood. During those years ...

The Dessoff Choirs has announced a performance of Brahms' Requiem on November 2, featuring acclaimed artists Will Liverman ...

Over the course of his career, Sir Paul McCartney has written films, oratorios, poetry collections, children's books and more than 100 hit singles. Now, at the age of 77, he has a new challenge ...

That phenomenal technique in trills, runs and top notes remained, but it’s surprising how soon the more heroic tone to the middle range emerged – in Weber’s “Ocean! Thou mighty monster” from Oberon, ...

The Requiem is in eight movements — Requiem and Kyrie, Dies irae, Offertorium, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Lux aeterna and Libera me, ...

Singers are invited to join the Music Club Chorus for its 82nd annual performance of Handel’s “Messiah.” Rehearsals for the ...

Heterophonic textures can be heard in Baroque cantatas or oratorios, where an instrumentalist or vocalist plays a slightly more decorated version of a melody line over the original. Here is an ...

West Dorset Singers are welcoming new members as they start rehearsals for the next concert on Saturday January 25 at St Swithun's Church, Bridport.

Even outside church and court, 18th- and 19th-century freelancers like Handel and Mendelssohn found a public eager to hear oratorios and other sacred works. Several recent releases look at the ...

Soprano Amanda Forsythe performed with Pacific MusicWork Sunday at Riverside Church. Music Before 1800 launched its 50th ...

Rehearsals for the annual production of Handel’s “Messiah” will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays, Sept. 30 through Nov. 25, at First Presbyterian Church, 125 N. Jefferson St.